We collaborated with our partner Good Pathways to organise our first event together - Let’s Talk Adoption - a workshop about post-adoption journey. After the workshop, we were also blessed to participate in their 10th anniversary celebration! Our ED, Kuan Ying, introduced HFG and shared her journey with adoptive parents, clearly expressing her deep gratitude and love for these parents. We were excited to meet new friends who learnt about our work and this workshop via FB, and “old” friends who have become dear sojourners over the years. Participants to the event comprised adoptive parents, prospective adoptive parents and supporters of adoption, including professionals from the social sector. Both Good Pathways’ founder Elaine (adoptive parent) and adoptee Ashley shared unique perspectives of the adoption journey from their personal experiences as well as from their interactions with other adoptive parents/adoptee. Their sharing included the adoptive identity, the search and dis...

25 Aug 2018 - Joint Fostering Tea Session with MCYC. Anne & George previously spent a month volunteering in an orphanage in Philippines when their own adopted daughter was about 2 years old . But they had never considered fostering seriously until someone challenged them to look within Singapore as a mission field instead. The couple also feels that the best place for kids to experience life is within a family, and not in an orphanage . Spurred on by their daughter who was 20 years old by then, they registered as foster parents with MSF and took in 4 year old Apple (not her real name) in 2015. During this process, Anne & George were grateful for the support (advice, clothes & useful items) of HFG-SG members . While Apple came willingly with them and had no problems sleeping that first night, Anne cried to herself when putting her to bed, feeling a deep sadness that such a young child had gone through so much, and now had to be placed with strangers. Having been blessed w...

18 March 2018 - Thanks to everyone who joined us for a great sharing by Ruslan (International facilitator for World Without Orphans) and Alex (Regional Medical Director of Bless China and foster parent) today! Thank God for a wonderful crowd! Ruslan shared on the importance of families to care for a vulnerable child, instead of using orphanages. As Christians, we were spiritual orphans until we were adopted into God's family! God sets the lonely in families. Orphans are loosely defined as those who are not able to stay with their own families due to reasons such as war, child abduction, abuse, neglect or loss of parents. There are about 9 million children in the world who need temporary or permanent families. There is a similar number of churches in the world! Christians can transform nations by stepping forward to be the safe stable and nurturing family for the children. There is no need to be perfectly wise and healthy to transform the nation. Our God is able. He shared that the...

16 Feb 2018 -  The “Boy with No Ears” has finally found a loving home!! What joy it was to see my friends Vong and Poh Lian walk into the arrival hall at Changi Airport with their adopted son Ke Yuan at 6.30 am last sat. Their Redemption Hill Church friends were there to receive them. PTL that he has finally found a forever family and PTL for the courage, obedience and love demonstrated by the Yap family. Pl continue to pray for this family in their journey as Ke Yuan (Lucas) settles in... it will be a period of adjustment for everyone. Truly, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” James‬ ‭1:27‬ ‭ (Pics posted with permission from the family; will also post the original CNA Get Real Clip. From Vong : “ It’s our hope this raises awareness for fostering and adoption in S’pore .”) Pl also see - https://christiannews.net/2018/03/10/chinese-boy-without-...